Phrase · 🥊 Arguing & persuading
Não é à toa que o tema voltou ao centro do debate.
It's no accident that the issue is back at the centre of the debate.
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Why every word is where it is
Não1adverbnoté1verbit isser · present · 3rd sing.à1prepositionbya+a · fem. · sing. · definitetoa1nounchancefem. · sing.que1conjunctionthatodeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitetemanounissuemasc. · sing.voltou2verbreturnedvoltar · past · 3rd sing.ao2prepositionto thea+o · masc. · sing. · definitecentronouncentremasc. · sing.doprepositionof thede+o · masc. · sing. · definitedebatenoundebatemasc. · sing..
- Não → que: cleft
- tema → voltou: subject–verb
- voltou → ao: voltar a
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Não é à toa que… = "it's no accident that…", followed by the indicative. Clefts & focus (é que, foi … que, o que … é) →
- 2voltar a + place = "return to"; a + o → ao.